Anubhav Sinha said that the numbers game in Bollywood worries him as it's irritating.
When the 48-year-old director was asked about the 150-crore club, he said that in a few years the club will be named 500-crore club, FHM India magazine reported.
He said that the audience doesn't need to be taken backstage into production costs and how much money a film is making, as it's not important.
Sinha said that by doing this the sanctity of the film is disturbed.
Sinha also revealed that his highly successful film 'Tum Bin' had been critically panned when it was released, with film critic Khalid Mohammad referring to it as "Tum Thin.
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